"it's a long drive up fifty to get here . i don't come uo the hill much anymore since it happened . chelsi said this conversation right now isn't going to copst us anything ?"
"free consultation ," nina said ."we have half an hour and you came a long way so how can help you ?"
hanna shrugged and said ." that 's the point , i haven't got a fucking clue ."
when nina didn't bridle at hat , he added ," like i said , talk won't bring her back .
"but you're already involved in lawsuit . isn't that right ?"
"i had a lawyer in placeville named bruce benett . two years ago , after sarah died , roger contacted him and had this lawyer file a civil suit against the motel where it all happened i . i wasn't sure abiout the whol;e thing , but bennett got us in his office and oh , he talk it up . how much money we were going to hit them upfor . how they were negligent . they let the bastard onto the property . no video camera and the clerk off somewhere . the lawyer talked us into suing the motel . why , he practiceally had us convinced that motel owner , who by the way wasn't even around that night , did the shooting ."
"sounds like he was trying to put on a very aggressive case on your behalf ."
"i guess ." he shook his head ." i6t never sat right with me , blaming the motel , but roger was so gung ho . we used up some of darah 's life insurance to pay benett . but when the money ran out he filed a substitution -of atttorney form and left us flat ."
"i guess that didn't leave you with very high opinion of lawyers . i know bruce , the lawsuit stayed active ?"
he shook his head ." i really don't know where things stand with it ."
"you couldn't pay . bruce benett , so he quitt ?"
"free consultation ," nina said ."we have half an hour and you came a long way so how can help you ?"
hanna shrugged and said ." that 's the point , i haven't got a fucking clue ."
when nina didn't bridle at hat , he added ," like i said , talk won't bring her back .
"but you're already involved in lawsuit . isn't that right ?"
"i had a lawyer in placeville named bruce benett . two years ago , after sarah died , roger contacted him and had this lawyer file a civil suit against the motel where it all happened i . i wasn't sure abiout the whol;e thing , but bennett got us in his office and oh , he talk it up . how much money we were going to hit them upfor . how they were negligent . they let the bastard onto the property . no video camera and the clerk off somewhere . the lawyer talked us into suing the motel . why , he practiceally had us convinced that motel owner , who by the way wasn't even around that night , did the shooting ."
"sounds like he was trying to put on a very aggressive case on your behalf ."
"i guess ." he shook his head ." i6t never sat right with me , blaming the motel , but roger was so gung ho . we used up some of darah 's life insurance to pay benett . but when the money ran out he filed a substitution -of atttorney form and left us flat ."
"i guess that didn't leave you with very high opinion of lawyers . i know bruce , the lawsuit stayed active ?"
he shook his head ." i really don't know where things stand with it ."
"you couldn't pay . bruce benett , so he quitt ?"
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